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Post-monitoring rapporteurs to visit Skopje

29/05/2017 | Monitoring

Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi, PACE co-rapporteurs for post-monitoring dialogue with “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, will make a fact-finding visit to Skopje from 30 May to 1 June.

Co-rapporteurs concerned by the developments regarding Leyla and Arif Yunus

19/05/2017 | Monitoring

The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, have expressed concerns over the court order for Leyla and Arif Yunus to appear before the Baku Court of Appeals in person on 31 May.

The 20th anniversary of the Monitoring Committee and the challenges of a changing world

16/05/2017 | Monitoring

Meeting in Helsinki, the committee organised a seminar on “The international legal order in a changing world: challenges for the monitoring procedure of the Parliamentary Assembly” on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its creation.

Seminar in Helsinki on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Monitoring Committee

12/05/2017 | Monitoring

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its creation, the Monitoring Committee organises a seminar on “The international legal order in a changing world: challenges for the monitoring procedure of the PACE” on 16 May in Helsinki.

Monitors call for effective investigation into the death of Mehman Galandarov

04/05/2017 | Monitoring

The monitoring co-rapporteurs of Azerbaijan, Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, have expressed concern over the death of blogger Mehman Galandarov, who was found hanged in his cell in Baku Detention Centre No.1 on 28 April.

Rapporteurs condemn violence in Parliament of Skopje, call on political parties to reach political agreement

28/04/2017 | Monitoring

"We are shocked by the storming of the Parliament yesterday in Skopje. We firmly condemn these violent and unacceptable attacks against parliamentarians", said Lise Christoffersen and Valeriu Ghiletchi.

Russian Federation: concern about recent developments in relation to the respect for human rights

21/04/2017 | Monitoring

The co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee for the Russian Federation have expressed their serious concern regarding recent developments in relation to the respect for human rights in the Russian Federation.

Georgia: rapporteurs welcome progress made and hope the authorities will soon address outstanding issues

03/04/2017 | Monitoring

At the end of their visit to Tbilisi, the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, Boriss Cilevics and Kerstin Lundgren, welcomed the consistent progress made by the country in the honouring of its accession commitments.

The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland: visit by co-rapporteurs

30/03/2017 | Monitoring

Yves Cruchten and Thierry Mariani, co-rapporteurs for the Parliamentary Assembly on ‘The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland’, will make a fact-finding visit to Warsaw from 3 to 5 April.

Co-rapporteurs carry out a monitoring visit to Georgia

27/03/2017 | Monitoring

Boriss Cilevics (Latvia, SOC) and Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE), co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, are to make a fact-finding visit to the country from 28 to 30 March.

Co-rapporteurs express concern at the detention and conviction of protesters including Alexei Navalny

27/03/2017 | Monitoring

The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of the Russian Federation, Theodora Bakoyannis and Liliane Maury Pasquier expressed their concern at the arrest and detention of protesters following country-wide anti-corruption protests.

The Monitoring Committee calls for the monitoring procedure in respect of Turkey to be re-opened

08/03/2017 | Monitoring

The committee has called for the monitoring procedure in respect of Turkey to be re-opened in order to strengthen its co-operation with the Turkish authorities and all forces in the country and thus ensure respect for fundamental freedoms.